Friday, August 30, 2019

Stick Around

Rich and wealthy people commit suicide.
Famous actors who are the toast of Hollywood commit suicide
Comedians who spend their lives making people laugh commit suicide
Rock stars who are envied and adored and worshipped commit suicide
People with good jobs and loving families and young kids commit suicide
Friends we know well and count on and thought they had everything going for them commit suicide
People from every walk of life, in every situation, who seem to have everything they could possibly want and the world on a string, still take their own lives everyday. It’s not about money or fame, or even doing what you love and achieving your dreams. 
So don’t sit around and think about the things you don’t have that would make you happy and fix your life, because they won’t, not if you’re not happy with yourself in the first place. Not if you are suffering from depression. There is nothing that you want that someone else didn’t already have, and it still didn’t stop them from being unhappy, or even ending their life. Figure out what makes you happy, and go do it. If you suffer from depression, talk to someone and get help, and start that journey to a better place. Figure out who you are and what’s going on, because the world is a better place with you in it, and once you’re gone, all you were, all you were gonna be, all the things that were uniquely you are lost, and only shattered people are left in your wake. 
Because you have to look at the flip side as well. There are people who have nothing. There are people who have suffered through things that we can’t even comprehend, and come out the other side. There are people who have everything stacked against them, with almost no prospects and no obvious reason to have hope or go on.
Yet they go on. Not because they are stronger, or better, or more worthy. Because they are blessed with support and love, from others and for themselves. Because they got help when they needed it. Because they are lucky enough to be able to hold on to their dreams and their faith in the future and to see the good things in life that are still all around them. 
So again, try to figure that all out, and don’t try to do it alone. Believe me, there are more than enough people to go around, and a good percentage of them are happy to help if you only ask. It might not seem like it, but the world is full of beauty and joy and possibility, and a whole lot of truly amazing and wonderful human beings waiting to share it with you.
Stick around and see.

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